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Discover LudwigThe phrase "get back at him" is correct and usable in written English
It can be used when referring to seeking revenge or retaliation against someone. Example: "After he betrayed my trust, I felt the urge to get back at him in some way."
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"I'll get back at him," Brière said.
She tries unsuccessfully to get back at him.
Get back at him; vote the Women's list".
"It had nothing to do with trying to get back at him for anything," Domi said.
Now it's almost like folks are trying to get back at him".
But, Mr. Honig said, the girl later admitted she had "fabricated the charges against Buoneto" to get back at him for beating up her brother.
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Then someone got back at him for playing "Petrouchka" over and over and stole the record.
I got back at him years later when a bunch of theatre people were invited, during the Kennedy administration, to a banquet at the White House.
The air-raid wardne gets back at him by turning on the lights of the professor's car, during a blackout, and threating the frightened German with arrest.
Mr. Andreotti repeatedly questioned the motives and reliability of the informers, suggesting the Mafia was getting back at him for his efforts to fight organized crime.
Mr. Hevesi said hat the mayor was getting back at him for trying to block the Maximus contract.
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